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Pale-throated sloth: this sloth lives up to its name, as it has a spot of yellow on its throat, which is pale in colour.

This sloth is so rare because it is very picky about where it lives – this type of sloth will only live in hot humid parts of brazil (sic) where there are no dry seasons.”

Maned sloth: this sloth is only found in Brazil and according to KidZone, “The maned sloth is only found on the eastern coast of Brazil and is considered the rarest sloth in the world.

See picture shown of a brown-throated sloth.

Brown-throated sloth: this sloth does a great impersonation of an owl, as it is able to turn its head like the bird does.

As described by The Sloth Conservation Foundation, “All four species have small round heads with small ears, a characteristic dark mask around the eyes and a permanent, enigmatic smile.” Let’s take a look at each of these sloths in a bit more detail: In this category, there are four species of sloths: Brown-throated, Maned, Pale-throated, and Pygmy. Three-Toed Sloths….Also With Three Toes….And Always With A Smile On Their Faces!

Also, according to KidZone, “Unlike Linnaeus’s two-toed sloths, however, Hoffman’s two-toed sloths are much, much hairier! Whenever these beautiful animals hang upsidedown, they literally look like they are letting their hair loose!” While they both look a lot alike, Hoffman’s have hands, feet, and snouts that are darker than Linnaeus’s. Hoffman’s two-toed sloth and Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth are both found in this category.

Two-toed sloths hang upside-down more of the time than three-toed ones.Two-toed sloths have five vertebrae in their neck and three-toed ones have nine.Two-toed sloths do more from an activity perspective than three-toed ones (being as slow as sloths are, I’m guessing that this extra level of activity is not noticeably significant).Two-toed sloths move more quickly than three-toed ones (they both move extremely slowly, though – slower than every other mammal and almost every other animal on the planet).Two-toed sloths are larger than three-toed ones.Some of the differences between these two categories of sloths are as follows: Somewhere along their 35 to 40 million year evolutionary journey, sloths evolved into these two groups. Two-Toed Or Three-Toed….What Are The Differences Between These Sloths?Īs discussed in another article, “Evolution Of Sloths – A Bit Of History”, there was, at one time, only one species of sloth, not the distinction that currently exists between two-toed and three-toed ones. “Bradypus tridactylus” for Pale-throated sloth.“Bradypus variegatus” for Brown-throated sloth.“Choloepus didactylus” for Linnaeus’s sloth (see picture shown).“Choloepus hoffmanni” for Hoffman’s sloth.Hopefully, I will be able to provide you with some useful information about different types of sloths.Īlso from a “technical perspective”, the six species of sloths all have more “official scientific/biological sloth names”, which are as follows: In this article, I will talk about some of the differences between two-toed and three-toed sloths, as well as go into a bit more detail about each of the six species of sloths. From a “technical” perspective, all sloths have three toes, but the two-toed ones only have two fingers. For three-toed sloths, you have Brown-throated, Maned, Pale-throated, and Pygmy varieties. In the two-toed category, you have Hoffman’s and Linnaeus’s. There are actually six species of sloths, which are divided into two categories: two-toed and three-toed. When thinking about sloths, are they all the same or are there different types of sloths? Previously, I assumed that a sloth was a sloth was a sloth, but I now know that this is not the case.